Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

येन मां प्रतिगृह्णीयुर्बांधवाः ससुहृज्जनाः

Transliteration

yena māṃ pratigṛhṇīyurbāṃdhavāḥ sasuhṛjjanāḥ

Translation

„Durch welches Mittel werden mich meine Verwandten — zusammen mit meinen Freunden und Wohlgesinnten — wieder annehmen?“

Word by Word

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधनवाचक

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• प्रतिगृह्णीयुः: might accept/receive (back)
• प्रतिगृह्णीयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• बान्धवाः: kinsmen, relatives
• बान्धवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स: together with
• स: Sahartha (Associative/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृशः; सहार्थकः)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थे (with)

• सुहृत्: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासाङ्ग (स- सुहृत्-जनाः)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सह-समास/उपपद): सुहृदः जनाः; 'स' अव्ययपूर्वकसमासः

Speaker

Kāśyapa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śākalya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāśyapa, visibly anxious, asks how his relatives and friends may accept him again; Śākalya listens with composed compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not only inward; dharmic atonement restores harmony with one’s community and relationships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implied Setu-kṣetra context; the named tīrthas appear in the succeeding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the question anticipates the tīrtha-based remedy that follows.